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Rams Famous Firsts

The long history of the Rams is rich with firsts. Among them are:

* The first professional football team to move West of the Mississippi
* The first NFL team in the post-WWII era to employ black players
* The first to use an insignia or logo on the helmet
* The first to play before one million spectators in a season
* Participated in the first game to use sudden-death in overtime
* The first to employ a full-time scouting staff
* The first to employ a full-time special teams coach (Dick Vermeil - 1969)
* The first to regularly televise away games
* First team to have a player selected to 14 consecutive Pro-Bowl appearances (Merlin Olsen)
* The first team to win seven consecutive division titles (1973-79)
* The first team with more than six defeats to play in the Super Bowl (1979 record: 9-7)
* The first NFL team to move back East
* The first NFL team to loose all 8 divisional games one year, then win all 8 divisional games the next
* The first franchise to win a NFL championship in 3 different cities (Cleveland 1945; Los Angeles 1951; St. Louis 1999)
* The first NFL team to score at least 500 points in 3 consecutive seasons